If all goes as planned, when Marley Ratcliff graduates from Ruston High School in the spring she will have enough hours of college credit to be considered a sophomore. And, her parents will have spent less than $1,500 on those college courses.

“The best part is definitely being able to start college being hit with a smaller load,” Ratcliff said. “I also feel more prepared in general because of the classes being harder.”

Marley, who believes she wants to study nursing, said a friend of hers came back from college and told her that taking the dual enrollment biology class at RHS had prepared him well for the college-level biology curriculum.

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Locals who have business ideas but can’t quite figure out where to start are in luck, as the I-20 Corridor Regional Accelerator training sessions kick off Tuesday.

“Entrepreneurs preparing to start and grow new ventures in 2014, will benefit from participating in the I-20 Corridor Regional Accelerator initiative,” Kathy Wyatt, director of the Technology Business Development Center at Louisiana Tech University, said. “This program helps entrepreneurs move from a business idea to an investor deck within three months.”

Dubach is strutting, cackling and crowing its way to the Louisiana Chicken Festival this Friday and Saturday. There are a variety of events going on this weekend — even talks from the animal experts of the Monroe Zoo, animals included.

The Dubach Restoration and Beautification Organization has coordinated the Chicken Festival for this year, and they have mixed some new in with the old.

“At 10 a.m., we will be having the Monroe Zoo coming to us,” Gina Stokes, coordinator for DRABO said. “There will be different animals and the experts will give talk about the animals.”

East Mississippi Avenue, between Cartwright Drive and North Farmerville Street, will be closed to thru traffic between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.
North Farmerville Street, between East Mississippi Avenue and East Georgia Avenue, will be closed to thru traffic between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday and March 28.
The City of Ruston regrets any inconvenience this closure may cause motorists.